21-07-2025
I'm an eye doctor and this is the dangerous condition on the rise that everyone is missing... you must take this simple precaution to save your vision as you age
Examining his patient's red, painfully inflamed eye, Australian ophthalmologist Emil Kurniawan was in no doubt that she had a pterygium, a benign but potentially vision-altering growth on the surface of the eye.
Linked to prolonged UV exposure, it is commonly found in people living in sunny regions – including many parts of Australia.